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Transatlantic cable: ancient and modern
In 1866 the first successful telegraph cable was laid across the Atlantic from the UK to Newfoundland in North America. That means it’s now 150 years old. This wasn’t...
QuickTime causes GoSlow!
Nearly every day at the moment we get clients whose computers are not behaving themselves and, when we check out the problem, it’s often solved by simply removing an...
Eventful connections
If you’re holding an event that usually involves lots of people – and, although most people are used to using their phone signal to get online, it may depend on how...
What is Superfast broadband?
There’s a lot of discussion about Superfast broadband, but what does that really mean? There are two speeds to think about – upload speed and download speed. Upload...
High speed transport or stay at home?
Never mind the high speed trains that keep causing controversy in the UK – what about the Hyperloop? This is based on a tube with a magnetically suspended train...
Seeing is believing
As we get older most of us need to resort to either contact lenses or specs to correct our vision. However, there are many people who have health issues that have a...
Robots take to the streets
Watch out for cute little robot delivery vehicles around London soon. They will be off on their mission to deliver fast food to customers across the capital - robots...
It’s not just Big Brother watching you
The rot is insidious – we are now used to seeing ads appearing in our Facebook feeds that relate to our recent purchases or websites we’ve visited; but most of us are...
What Microsoft hasn’t told you
Most of the bugs in Windows 10 have been ironed out now – and we are recommending that our clients upgrade. However, Microsoft have taken their nagging us to upgrade...
“Take me home …”
Driverless cars are definitely not just a possibility, but already exist in the UK. UK were NOT one of the 72 countries who signed the Vienna Convention, which...
The Apple Watch
I bought the latest Apple device in May (2015) so now I’ve had it strapped to my wrist for a few weeks I thought it was time to write a review. Now I’ve got used to it...
Are you on business broadband?
In the working world many people can work from almost anywhere, even people in large corporations are able to work from home when needed. Few households have at least...
BitTorrent? Isn’t that illegal?
Many people associate BitTorrent with downloading pirated movies, but it’s not an illegal application, it’s a protocol that allows you to move large data files around....
Does your business need an intranet?
Big organisations talk about their intranet, but does a small organisation need one? Firstly, let’s be clear about what constitutes an intranet – in simple terms it’s...
How to get your website to the top of the rankings
There are a lot of SEO companies who promise you they can put you at the top of the search engine rankings – but how can they all succeed? Everyone can’t be Number 1....
Never, never click a link
There are endless scams that land in your inbox and many of them look like bona fide emails. The latest is an email that appears to come from the DVLA asking you to...
Cryptolocker revisited
Just as the threat of having all your data encrypted and held to ransom had begun to fade into memory – it’s back. And this time it’s got a few nasty little...
‘My computer isn’t working properly’
This is why many of our clients employ us – to deal with their staff when they have this complaint! Our first strategy is to log in remotely and see if we can fix the...